Thursday
Jan192012
Alt Summit // Business Cards
Thursday, January 19, 2012
I'm in Salt Lake City, Utah! As I flew in yesterday morning, my jaw dropped as I saw the beautiful mountains. They are so close to downtown, you feel like you can touch them!
While I'm at Alt Summit, (meeting other bloggers, learning tons about this growing industry, and enjoying being treated amazingly well) I thought I'd share with you some of the projects that I've been working on the past couple of weeks.
The genius minds of the Alt creators held online classes in preparation for Alt. One of the class that really opened my eyes was on business cards. It taught that this is the way to make a good first and lasting impression, that your business card should be co-hesive with your blog and they gave lots of tips on how to accomplish this. I knew that I needed to make my cards look more like my blog and really focus on branding myself. As a budding graphic artist, I also wanted to design and make everything myself as that says the most about me!
I played around in photoshop with my header and found the circle with my new favorite font RawengulkSans! I like how the circle gently hints at "all encompasses" crafts and I love the simplicity of it. I wanted to make something with clean lines and not too much going on, because I knew I needed to sew fabric onto the card someway.
1. I love the idea of having a unique shape for the card. The banner tag had me swooning. However, if I wanted to sew fabric onto the card, it seemed to be too much. The confetti behind the text also seemed to be over the top. I needed to edit.
2. I paired down the design and then started to play around with materials/colors to print on. I tried vellums, chipboard, gray cardstock, etc.
3. To pink or not to pink! I love playing around with pinking shears, but in the end I didn't feel that this design was as clean and simple as I wanted.
The first fabric, I fell in love with. However, the scales was a bit bit and the colors didn't quite match what I wanted. I love the vintage feel of the two fabrics on the right, plus the scale of the print is perfect for this small card.
Final Product!
I made a little over 100 of these, it was a labor of love, but I'm really thrilled with the outcome. I've handed a few out and the question that everyone keeps asking is "Which company made these?" To be able to say "I did" is super special and everyone is so surprised! I love that it speaks directly to what I make and do. :)
Before I go, here's a couple pics from my trip so far. Be sure to follow me on twitter, like my facebook page and/or follow me on instagram. I've been tweeting and posting pictures a lot! I'll continue to tweet about the seminars and everything that's happening at Alt! Next week, I'll also have multiple posts sharing this experience with you! :)
*Notice my new glasses!
* The gift bag was a gift box! I couldn't be more thrilled that my cards were in some of these gems! (More on that later)
Happy Thursday!
tagged DIY, alt summit, business card, fabric in Paper Crafts, Tutorials
DIY, alt summit, business card, fabric in Paper Crafts, Tutorials
Reader Comments (8)
Love your business cards! They are so unique and sure to stand out. Making business cards is next on my to-do list!
Your cards turned out great!! I can't wait to hear more about your experiences and I'll be watching twitter today.
Have a fab time, Heather!
Wow what an event.
Those are amazing business cards!I absolutely love how you sewed fabric right onto the cards. Great idea!
Love this idea!! I've been trying to come up with something creative as well that not everyone already has. Can I ask what paper you finally chose to print on? I'm also trying to come up with a logo of some sort...but want it to be juuust right.
Thanks so much Brooke! I used paper bag cover paper from Paper Source. If you'd like some help with your cards, let me know. I have an etsy shop too, where I sell my fabric cards. It's also funny that you mention the logo, because I'm having a hard time committing to this design! You may see another facelift around here soon! ;)
Great, thanks for the info. I checked out your shop. I may be contacting you soon. I feel like the logo thing is such a big deal. It's hard to commit.